1. Julio Andres Arca was born on 31 January 1981 and is an Argentine former professional footballer, who played as a left-back or central midfielder.
45 Facts About Julio Arca
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Julio Arca later signed for South Shields, in addition to his return to Sunderland as part of the club's youth coaching staff.
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Julio Arca played for his previous club and national team at left-back but was successfully converted to left midfield by Reid.
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Julio Arca scored three times in thirty appearances for the Black Cats in his first season in the Premiership.
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Riley's decision to disallow Julio Arca's goal was criticised by then-club captain Michael Gray and Manager Peter Reid.
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Julio Arca was sidelined for two months, due to an injury he sustained during the club's reserve match against Manchester United Reserve.
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Since returning to the first team, Julio Arca had a run in of first team for the rest of the season despite being on the sidelines on three occasions.
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Julio Arca later scored three more goals, including two victories over Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United.
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However, Julio Arca suffered a toe injury during training and missed two matches.
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Julio Arca stated that he would not play in the Championship again should the club be relegated.
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Five years later, Julio Arca was named Solid Gold XI on the club's website.
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Julio Arca was a replacement for Franck Queudrue, who moved to Fulham.
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Julio Arca scored his first goal for the club against Charlton Athletic on 23 December 2006.
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However, Julio Arca suffered a groin injury that saw him sidelined for a month.
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Julio Arca later featured the remaining two matches of the season.
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Amid the transfer speculation, Julio Arca continued to remain his first team place, playing in the midfield position at the start of the season.
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Unfortunately, following this injury that saw him out for two months, Julio Arca struggled to regain his excellent form in the months prior to it.
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Julio Arca continued to regain his first team place since returning from injury.
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In January 2008, Julio Arca was named club captain, replacing George Boateng.
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Julio Arca assisted two matches in the last three remaining matches of the season, against Sunderland and Manchester City.
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Since returning to the first team, Julio Arca regained back his first team place, playing in the midfield position over the months.
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Julio Arca soon regained his first team place, playing in the midfield position since regaining fitness.
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However, Julio Arca, himself, was plagued with injuries that saw him miss four matches at the beginning of 2010.
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Julio Arca then assisted three goals in three matches between 28 December 2010 and 3 January 2011 against Preston North End, Leeds United and Norwich City.
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Julio Arca was named Middlesbrough's player of the year and Team of the Season by the local newspaper, The Northern Echo.
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Julio Arca previously stated that he would take a pay cut to stay at Middlesbrough.
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On 1 July 2011, Julio Arca was officially a free agent, though Manager Tony Mowbray did not ruled out a return to sign him.
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Two days after signing the contract, Julio Arca came on as a substitute in an away league match at Leeds United and passed to Marvin Emnes to score the only goal of the game.
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Julio Arca continued to remain involved in the first team in a number of matches since returning to the club, mostly coming on from the substitute bench.
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Julio Arca was then sidelined with a toe injury that saw him out for months.
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Julio Arca later retired from professional football after his Middlesbrough contract expired in 2013.
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Julio Arca played for Willow Pond, a second-division pub side in the Sunderland Sunday League.
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On 4 September 2015, Julio Arca joined Northern League Division Two club South Shields.
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Julio Arca went on to score 12 times in his first season with the Mariners as they were promoted to Division One of the Northern League as champions.
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Julio Arca was the captain of the Argentina Youth Team which featured players like Javier Saviola, Nicolas Burdisso and Maxi Rodriguez in the same squad.
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Three years later in 2004, Julio Arca was expected to be called up for the Summer Olympic qualification.
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Julio Arca was expected to be included in the Argentina U23 squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Three years later, Julio Arca said that he hope he would receive a call-up from the senior team; using then Premier League players Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano as example.
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On 27 April 2023, Julio Arca was appointed manager of his former club South Shields following the club's promotion to the National League North.
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On 27 December 2023, Julio Arca was sacked by the club after a poor run of form.
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Julio Arca's father is Raul Arca, who was a footballer at Racing Club's Reserve Team but did not make an appearance and retired soon after, and has a younger brother.
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Julio Arca has Italian origins through his grandfather, which allowed him to have an Italian passport in August 2000.
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When Julio Arca started out at Sunderland, he struggled to speak English and had to rely on Emerson Thome to act as an interpreter.
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Julio Arca is married to his native wife, Valeria, and together, they have two children.
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Julio Arca then became a Manager of the Sunderland Under 14 side.